01 Sep The Power of Negotiation
By Deb Purvis You don’t get what you deserve, you get what you negotiate Quote: ‘Everything is negotiable. Whether or not the negotiation is easy is another thing.’ – Carrie Fisher 1. Review Information...
11 Aug Oils Ain’t Oils
By Michael Stout In the 80’s we had the mechanic Sol, who worked for ‘the gangster’ on our TV explaining to him that not all oils are the same and why...
11 Aug Kissing the Death Zone
By Ian Robinson I had arrived at the Yellow Band, a formidable and geologically distinguished cliff of yellow rock and ice, just as the pink hue of dawn transformed our lofty...
21 Jul Beware the “Line Fee”
We are seeing an increasing number of bank quotes where the ‘Line Fee’ represents a major portion of the interest rate. For the uninitiated, a ‘Line Fee’ (expressed as an interest...
21 Jul 1991 – 2021, What’s changed for an Agribusiness Bank Manager?
Why are deals taking longer to settle in the agricultural lending sector compared to in 1991 when I started in the industry? With 30 years agricultural lending experience under my belt,...
06 Jul Robinson Sewell Partners’, Deb Purvis, wins State award
Over the last 4 years, Deb Purvis has saved her clients hundreds of thousands of dollars. And now, the agribusiness finance specialist has won big, after being named as South...
06 Jul Thinking of being an Agribusiness broker?
By Deb Purvis Here's 8 things you need to think about if you decide to go it alone. 1. Leave yourself enough time. Securing agribusiness finance isn't something you do with a single...
09 Jun Funding Success Case Studies June – Case 2
Case Study 2: Agribusiness Lending CLIENT POSITION Loan (Limit): $7,250,000 Enterprise: Beef farming and agribusiness retail Location: Victoria Lender Type: Major Bank Bankability: Improving Savings: ...
09 Jun Funding Success Case Studies June 2021
Case Study 1: Commercial Lending CLIENT POSITION Loan (Limit): $21,150,000 Enterprise: Commercial property (and property development) Location: Sydney +...
09 Jun Australian farming by numbers
By Ian Robinson Let us take stock on just how big agricultural business in Australia at the farm gate level. It is not just a checkerboard of settler’s blocks any more,...
26 May Farming farms and Farming credits
By Ian Robinson Agriculture is a very dynamic industry. In my quest to understand the depth and horizontal spread of opportunities, I personally lost count at around 200 farming enterprises. The...
26 May Can you afford not to borrow?
By Brad Sewell Brad is presently staying with the Herd family, who emigrated to Australia in 2011. On their coffee table is the September 1960 edition of the UK ‘East Riding...